Queensland, Australia News

PETER Slipper will still be fighting accusations he misused taxpayer-funded taxi vouchers to tour Canberra wineries after the September election.

A self-proclaimed "big kid", Greg Inglis has matured into a young man aware of the influence he has on-and-off the field says friend and former Cowboys' star Ty Williams.

A Queensland turtle rehabilitation centre is calling on the Federal Government for funding as the "sentinels of the sea" continue to struggle post-Cyclone Yasi.

Finally you can shoot true digital cinema with a camera that won't blow the budget.

Marine researchers at Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia are using satellite trackers for the first time to monitor two sea turtles that have been returned to the ocean today, reported ABC News.

Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is in doubt for the start of the British and Irish Lions Test series after undergoing a knee operation this morning.

A leading Queensland maxillo-facial surgeon says Queensland's Drinksafe trial to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence could be successful if the nightclub curfew is brought forward.

The family of a young boy who was thrown from a carnival ride in south-east Queensland say he is breathing by himself after being taken off a ventilator.

TOWNSVILLE could be the birthplace of a world-first exhibition celebrating tattoos and their role in shaping contemporary art, if the City Council secures $60,000 in grant funding.

THE grandmother of a Top End girl taken by a crocodile is learning how to wrangle the reptiles in the hope of teaching other people about the dangers of the salties.

The San Diego Zoo's new koala habitat will create a pleasant atmosphere for humans as well as critters from Down Under, zoo representatives say.

TOWNSVILLE Hospital's new sub-acute facility is still on track for a mid-2014 delivery, despite the imminent end of federal funding for the nation's sub-acute healthcare services.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has challenged Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to allow MPs a conscience vote on same-sex marriage.

The governing body for a far north Queensland Indigenous community says young Aboriginal leaders are emerging as a result of continued welfare reform.

Robert Martinez, 26, and Chantal Barnett, 27, were last seen more than two months ago in the Rockhampton and Yeppoon areas.

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service Board says the north Queensland hospital has been able to meet its budget for the first time in several decades.

Muster HQ in Deniliquin has been buzzing since Sunday's announcement that US country superstar Alan Jackson will be headlining this year's Ute Muster.

SCOTT Driscoll's retail lobby group paid his family company $60,000 on the basis of a motion "seconded" by a board member who swears he never attended a single meeting of the organisation.

Temperatures in the south-east will continue to dip below average this week in the south-east according to the weather bureau's senior forecaster.

FAST food will not attract a "fat tax" and the government will instead rely on education in Australia's battle against obesity.